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TIME



The 24-hour clock is used a lot more in continental Europe than in Britain. After 1200 midday, it continues: 1300-dreizehn Uhr, 1400-vierzehn Uhr, 1500-fünfzehn Uhr, etc. until 2400-vierundzwanzig Uhr. With the 24-hour clock, the words Viertel (quarter) and Halb (half) aren't used:


13.15 (1.15pm)


dreizehn Uhr fünfzehn


19.30 (7.30pm)


neunzehn Uhr dreißig


22.45 (10.45pm)


zweiundzwanzig Uhr fünfundvierzig




What time is it, please?


am


pm




Wie spät ist es, bitte?


morgens


abends




vee shpayt ist es bi-te


morgens


ah-bents




It's ...


2 o'clock


3 o'clock


6 o'clock (etc.)


Es ist...


zwei Uhr


drei Uhr


sechs Uhr


es ist...


tsvy oor


dry oor


zekhs oor


 



It's half past 8


at midnight


Es ist halb neun (in German you say half to 9)


um Mitternacht


es ist halp noyn


oom mitter-nakht


9
neun Uhr
noyn oor

9.10
neun Uhr zehn
noyn oor tsayn

quarter past 9
Viertel nach neun (Austria: viertel zehn)
nakh noyn

9.20
neun Uhr zwanzig
noyn oor tsvan-tsikh

half past 9 / 9.30
halb zehn / neun Uhr dreißig
halp tsayn / noyn oor dry-sikh

9.35
neun Uhr fünfunddreißig
noyn oor foonf-oont-dry-sich

quarter to 10
Viertel vor zehn (Austria: dreiviertel zehn)
feertel for tsayn

10 to 10
zehn vor zehn
tsayn for tsayn



When do you open?


When do you close?


Wann öffnen Sie?


Wann schließen Sie?


van ur'f-nen zee


van shlee-sen zee




at 3 o'clock


before 3 o'clock


after 3 o'clock


um drei Uhr


vor drei Uhr


nach drei Uhr


oom dry oor


for dry oor


nakh dry oor




today


tonight


tomorrow


yesterday


heute


heute abend


morgen


gestern


hoy-te


hoy-te ahbent


morgen


gestern




the day before yesterday


the day after tomorrow


vorgestern


übermorgen


for-gestern


oober-morgen




in the morning


this morning


in the afternoon


morgens


heute morgen


am Nachmittag


morgens


hoy-te morgen


am nakh-mi-tahk


in the evening
am Abend
am ahbent



at half past 7


at about 10 o'clock


um halb acht


etwa um zehn Uhr


oom halp akht


etva oom tsayn oor


 



in an hour's time


in a while


two hours ago


in einer Stunde


bald


vor zwei Stunden


in ine-er shtoon-de


balt


for tsvy shtoonden




soon


early


late


later


bald


früh


spät


später


balt


froo


shpayt


shpayter




I'll do it...


as soon as possible


...at the latest


Ich mache es...


so bald wie möglich


...spätestens


ikh ma-khe es...


zo balt vee mur'k-likh


...shpay-testens

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